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With the Detroit Tigers out of action, the Free Press is getting its baseball fix by simulating the Tigers’ 2020 season on "MLB The Show 20" on PlayStation 4. Follow along for the next game, against the New York Yankees, at twitch.tv/freepsports on Thursday afternoon.

In one game, the Virtual Tigers received a week's worth of big hits that they missed.

Down two runs to Yankees ace Gerrit Cole on Wednesday afternoon, Cameron Maybin hit a grand slam to power the Virtual Tigers to a 6-3 win at Yankee Stadium. The win snapped their four-game losing streak.

Viewer question

Could Victor Reyes grab a starting spot eventually?

If he earns it on the field, the Tigers aren't going to hold him back.

And if Reyes' real-life counterpart produces like his virtual edition, he could find his way cutting into playing time in the outfield. Right now, it's hard to say that Reyes is too far behind a guy like Christin Stewart, who struggled this spring.

Stewart likely will have a spot on the team until they think his struggles are affecting his development, but Reyes has shown enough to receive at least a small bump in playing time.

Remember, he figured to be the odd-man out when the Tigers signed Cameron Maybin to play one of the corner outfield spots. But it's likely that if he continues developing this season, he'll work his way into a significant-enough time share at one of the outfield spots.